Weldon Spring Ordnance Works

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United States military installation munitions plant ordnance works uranium processing facility

Weldon Spring Ordnance Works was a major World War II-era munitions and later uranium-processing facility in Missouri that became part of the Manhattan Project and is now known for its extensive environmental cleanup.

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Label	Occurrences
Weldon Spring Ordnance Works canonical	1
Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project area	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military installation ⓘ munitions plant ⓘ ordnance works ⓘ uranium processing facility ⓘ
associatedWith	U.S. Army munitions production ⓘ United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ surface form: U.S. nuclear weapons complex
cleanupInvolves	long-term groundwater monitoring ⓘ on-site disposal cell ⓘ remediation of chemical contaminants ⓘ remediation of radioactive materials ⓘ
cleanupManagedBy	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
constructedFor	World War II munitions production ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
environmentalIssue	chemical waste ⓘ groundwater contamination ⓘ radioactive waste ⓘ soil contamination ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
hasReuse	interpretive center ⓘ public viewing platform on disposal cell ⓘ
hazardType	chemical hazard ⓘ radiological hazard ⓘ
historicalUse	military explosives manufacturing ⓘ uranium feed materials processing plant ⓘ
knownFor	Superfund cleanup site ⓘ large-scale environmental cleanup ⓘ radioactive waste disposal cell ⓘ
laterOperator	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
locatedIn	Missouri ⓘ St. Charles County, Missouri ⓘ
locatedNear	Missouri River ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Louis, Missouri Weldon Spring, Missouri ⓘ
locatedWithin	Weldon Spring Ordnance Works self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project area
nearbyProtectedArea	August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area ⓘ Weldon Spring Conservation Area ⓘ
operator	United States Army ⓘ
partOf	Manhattan Project ⓘ United States Ordnance Department ⓘ surface form: United States Army Ordnance Department
regulatoryStatus	U.S. EPA Superfund site ⓘ
usedFor	DNT production ⓘ TNT production ⓘ explosives manufacturing ⓘ nuclear weapons materials production ⓘ uranium ore processing ⓘ yellowcake production ⓘ

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Manhattan Project sites → hasPart → Weldon Spring Ordnance Works ⓘ

Weldon Spring Ordnance Works → locatedWithin → Weldon Spring Ordnance Works self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project area